Cherry Garcia Cookies

I love the Cherry Garcia ice cream that a popular company makes.  The flavors of cherry and chocolate are so good together.  This was one of the first recipes I pulled when looking for new ones for the holidays.  I think you will like these cookies as well.

You can see the pieces of cherry in the cookies.  Cherries are so good.

You can use any kind of chocolate you like.  I used semi sweet.  If you have the chunk chocolate that would be good also.

Drain the jar of maraschino cherries.  I could only find the ones with the stems.  So remove those.

Because these cherries are sticky I put them in the food processor to chop.

Let the processor do the work.

Start with 3 sticks softened butter.  These are buttery cookies.

Add 1 cup sugar.  Mix well.

Add one egg

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon almond extract.  If you don't have any go ahead and use the vanilla.  The almond is really good in it though.

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 cups all purpose flour.  Remember a little at a time.  You do not want to clean up flour all over your kitchen.

Now add in the cherries.

The bag of semi sweet chocolate chips.  Somehow I missed a step.  Scoop the dough.  Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes.  Preheat oven to 350.  Bake 12- 14 minutes.

They got a little brown on bottom but they were still good.

Enjoy.  You will think you are eating ice cream.  Wait they would be good with some ice cream.

Cherry Garcia Cookies Recipe

1 cup sugar
3 sticks softened butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
3 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 bag semi sweet chocolate chip
1 10 oz jar maraschino cherries drained and chopped

Chill dough
Preheat oven to 350.  Bake 12-14 minutes.